Article holder



Filed March 28'. 1923' 4 MAI-m:

gwuwntoz Patented Get. 23, 1923.

; F ST DAVID S. MORRELL, OF OLDTOWN', MAINE.

ARTICLE HOLDER.

Application filed March 28, 1923. Serial No. 628,310.

T 0 allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID S. MORRELL, a citizen of the Dominion of b anada, residing at Oldtown, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Article Holders, of which the followin is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to article holders and more particularly to a device for supporting articles having round or substantially round handles.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character with which the handle of the article may be readily engaged and disengaged and which will support with equal efliciency articles the handles of which are of different diameters within predetermined limits.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be very cheaply produced and which is durable and efficient in service.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an article holder constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough Figure 3 is a transverse section therethrough.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates an attaching plate formed to provide spaced upstanding fianges 11. Adjacent one end the flanges 11 are correspondingly notched, as indicated at 12, and between such end and the notch a pivot 13 is mounted in the flanges and has rotatably mounted thereon a disk 14, the periphery of which extends into the notch 12 for a short distance. A look plate 15 is provided, having formed in one end thereof a notch 16 forming spaced arms 17 and 18. The plate is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 19, one end of which is disposed adjacent the opposite end of the plate, this slot receiving a pivot pin 20, mounted in the flanges 11 adjacent the ends thereof remote from the notch 12. Within the slot 19 a compression spring 21 is mounted abutting one end of the notch and the pivot pin 20, tending to force the lock plate 15 toward the disk 14. Secured to the'under edge of the lock plate 15 is a spring 22 abutting with its free end the attaching plate 10 intermediate the flanges 11, tending to force the notched end of the lock plate away from the attaching plate. Movement of the lock plate in this direction is limited by engagement of a'tail piece 23 formed thereon with the attaching plate when the arm 18 of the lock plate is in proximity to the periphery of the disk 14, at a point in substantial alignment between the pivots 13 and 20.

At this time the arm 17 is spaced from the periphery of the disk 14 and accordingly the handle of an implement may be engaged therebetween. If pressure is now applied to the handle of the implement the disk 14 will rotate upon its pivot, permitting the implement handle to move inwardly and forcing the lock plate 15 away from the disk 14, until the base of the notch 16 passes an imaginary line between the pivots 20 and 13. It will be obvious that the handle of the implement will then move away from the pivot 20 in following the periphery of the disk 14 and accordingly the plate 14 will be urged forwardly or toward this disk and will tend to lock the handle between the periphery of the disk and the base of the notch with a degree of force exerted by the spring 21. It will furthermore be obvious that this wedging action will very firmly hold the handle and prevent accidental removal thereof and yet at the same time the handle may be removed by applying thereto sufficient pressure to overcome the action of the spring 21 and force the plate 15 longitudinally until the base of the notch 16 of the same is sufliciently spaced from the periphery of the disk to permit passage of the handle past the central point, at which time the handle may be readily removed. Many changes being possible in the construction as here-inbefore set forth without materially departing from the spirit of my invention, I do not limit myself to such specific structure as hereinbefore set forth except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:-

1. In an article holder the combination with a pivotally mounted plate having a longitudinally extending slot through which the pivot thereof extends, a support, a roller rotatably mounted upon the support adjacent one end of the plate, said end of the plate having a notch formed therein and means urging the plate longitudinally toward the roller and yieldalole means normally maintaining one edge of tie plate in alignment- With the roller.

2. In a device of the type described, a

support including spaced ges having corresponding: notches torn therein, I a roller pivotally supported etween the 'n approximate alignment be ween of the plate and the pivot oi the disk ano in proximity to the disk, the pivotal mounting of said plate permitting; the shifting thereofupon its longitudinal axis.

8. In a device of the type described, a support including spaced upstanding flanges correspondingly notched adjacent one end thereof, a pivot mounted in said flanges between the notches thereof and the adjacent end, a disk mounted upon said pivot, a pivot mounted in said flanges adjacent the opposite ends thereof, a plate hava longitudinally extending slot receivsaid pivot, a spring in said slot abutting the pivot tending to force the plate toward said disk, a spring engaging a support be tween the flanges and secured to said plate and tending to force the end of the plate next adjacent the disk outwardly from the support, said plate having the end thereof next adjacent said disk notched to provide spaced arms, means limiting the movement oi the plate under the influence oi the last named spring with one of the arrns in proximity to the periphery of the disk.

e. a device of the type described, a support having avnotch formed therein, a roller pivotally mounted upon the support one side of the notch and having the periphery thereof extending into the notch, a plate pivoted to the support the opposite side of the notch and having its free end extending into the notch, said plate having said end thereof formed with notch, normally maintaining the plate with one edge thereof in approximate alignment between the pivot of the plate and the pivot of the roller and in proximity to the roller, the pivotal mounting of said plate permitting bodily shifting of the plate toward and away from said roller and a spring urging the plate toward the roller.

in testimony whereof I hereunto my signature. I

DAVID S. MGERELL. 

